Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-02-17
School Exhibition.

We had the pleasure of attending ONE
of the most interesting entertainments
last Saturday evening ever witnessed
in BrOckway Centre. il being the eXhibi-
tion given by the pupils of our public
schools. We were a little late in arriv-
ing and found Central Hall crowded,
not seat vacant. and all present ell
joying themselves to the fullest extent.
In giving this report Of the affair we
do not intend to go into the elaborate
in describing each part of the program
or in speaking of the parts taktR by
the pupils. We wish to state right
here that the pupils each one of them
did excellently and displayed their
talent i'm a manner pleasing to all. f.
+. Law principal OF the schools, Miss
Mollie Brown teacher in the intermedi-
ate department and Miss Mamie liydOrn
teacher in the primary department,
all deserve great credit for their efforts
in making this entertainment the sue
cess it was. {. Cooper was chairman
| for the evening and we were requested,
| through the columns of the ENPOSITOR,
to tender him Il vote of thanks for the
able manner in which he filled the pO-
sition: also vote of thanks TO Miss
Nettie Bell who presided at the organ
and furnished such valuable assistance
to the program. The exercises were
opened with instrumental music fol-
lowed by prayer by Rev. II. King. The
school then sang. Yield not to tempta-
ton then came u welcome by Sena
Merritt and Pearl Grinnell both taking !
their parts splendidly. The next was
an order for picture by Mamie Nor
rill who did nicely. The geography (
lesson by the primary scholars was well |
done and how well the little folks knew |
their lessons was astonishing. not one |
of them making a mistake. The song |
entitled, NO letter yet for me" by |
Blanche Manning was well rendered.
The dialogue Mind your own business
opened the eyes of those old gossipers
present and we hope they will take a
lesson from it and always hold their
tongues. The young ladies and gentle
men who took part i'll this dialogue did
justice to the same. The eclipse OF the
''son" was quite comical as also was the
clock song by Pearlie and Newton
Cook who were trained to go through
the motions and taught the words ac
companying, by their mother. The
dialogue boarding round afforded 4
great deal of amusement for the audi
ence and showed the trials and tribula
tions to be endured by a country school
marm. The parts were extraordinarily
well taken by Jessie Brown, Grace
Vanwagner. Jennie Palmer. Charlie
Brown, Clifford Crandall and Estella
Darcy. The song "silvery bells" was
produced in a pleasing manner. Estella
Darcy recited 'how we hunted mouse
to perfection. The "mottO of our order"
by Lula High. Lille Cooper and Julia
Grinnell was very good and the tab
leau which followed equally effective.
The "hOuse that Jack built by Alex
Francis and Leah Darcy was so well
received by the audience AS to merit an
encore and they sang'Jamie and Jeanie.
The song sailors return" added much
to the evenings entertainment. The
way to get rid of canvassing agent
was something novel and may be tried
by those bothered with them. The
sableau good night" was arranged very
effectively. The receipts footed up
about $1,000. which, taking into consid-
Grafton that this was their first one,
was very good The net proceeds will
amount to Sl2.l2 and will go quite
a ways towards getting library for the
school.